By Brian Bielanski
(RacingWire) – Will Power held of his Penske Racing teammate Helio Castroneves to win the Edmonton round of the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Power beat Castroneves by .8089 seconds at the line. It was Power's fourth win of the season and second at Edmonton.

"It was so bloody hard there at the end with Helio and Dario (Franchitti) pushing me along,” said Power. “I just couldn't gap them. It's good for Verizon and also good for Team Penske. To finish 1-2 is really good."

Pole sitter Takuma Sato (KV Racing) led the first 19 laps of the race before he locked up his brakes and slid wide. Power and two other drivers slipped past Sato.

"It is disappointing finishing in the back like this,” Sato said. “The start was very exciting. I had a good feeling leading the race. Then I had a little problem with the balance and lost some positions.

On lap 39, Sato made contact with Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) putting Sato a lap down and earning Hunter-Reay a penalty for avoidable contact.

Hunter-Reay's teammate Mike Conway was also penalized for avoidable contact after a run in with Oriol Servia.

Sebastian Bourdais (Dale Coyne) had his best finish of the year with a sixth place showing.

Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) finished third. Tony Kanaan (KV Racing) and Justin Wilson (Dreyer & Reinbold) Rounded out the top five.

Andretti Autosport teammates Hunter-Reay, Conway and Danica Patrick finished seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.

Patrick said of her ninth place finish, "We had a really solid race. We had some strong restarts and my crew was fantastic in the pits. Near the end of the race, I just didn't have the speed to hold my position.”

IZOD IndyCar Series
Edmonton Indy
EDMONTON, Alberta - Results Sunday of the Edmonton Indy IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 2.224 mile Edmonton Airport Circuit, with order of finish, starting position  in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1.  (2) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
2.  (9) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
3.  (4) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
4.  (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
5.  (15) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
6.  (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
7.  (7) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
8.  (20) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
9.  (22) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
10.  (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
11.  (24) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
12.  (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
13.  (23) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
14.  (19) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
15.  (10) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
16.  (26) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
17.  (17) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
18.  (18) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running
19.  (21) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 79, Running
20.  (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 79, Running
21.  (1) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 79, Running
22.  (8) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 76, Running
23.  (3) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 74, Running
24.  (16) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 54, Mechanical
25.  (13) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact
26.  (25) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact

Race Statistics
Winners average speed:   90.949
Time of Race: 01:57:22.5177
Margin of victory: .8089 of a second.
Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Lap Leaders: Sato 1-18, Power 19-26, Conway 27-28, Power 29-53, Castroneves 54, Franchitti 55-56, Power 57-80
Point Standings: Franchitti 388, Power 350, Dixon 282, Kanaan 253, Servia 244, Briscoe 239, Andretti 232, Rahal 218, Castroneves 212, Hildebrand 212.